Prisons Lack A/C, Funds to Add It

摘要

The pandemic brought a lot of HVAC-related issues to the public's attention. One of these was the state of IAQ in prisons and jails. COVID spread quickly in these facilities due to the close nature of confinement.At least one correctional institution sought a solution. After recording 70 positive tests among inmates last summer, the Alachua County Jail in Gainesville, Florida, invested in needlepoint bipolar ionization technology from Global Plasma Solutions. The jail administration used money from the federal CARES Act to pay for the system in the 400-square-foot facility, which houses 1,000 inmates.